Why Glee is just as bad as I remember.

[based on Season 2 Episode 10] - cheerleaders don’t have any clothing other than their uniforms. - it’s not funny. - students look like they’ve graduated college and now have creepy high school fetishes. - not a single sentence sounds realistic. - it’s creepy, like everyone sitting on santa’s leg and twirling his beard. -… Continue reading Why Glee is just as bad as I remember.

New York in someone else’s nutshell.

theflairofceilingfans: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TOMORROW.  I SWEAR YOU COULD SPEND A WEEK IN NEW YORK JUST SPENDING EVERY DOLLAR YOUVE EVER EARNED IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE. THEN YOU COULD SPEND ANOTHER WEEK JUST EATING DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD. THEN YOU COULD SPEND ANOTHER WEEK GOING TO REALLY GOOD COFFEE SHOPS. THEN ANOTHER GOING TO SHOWS. THEN… Continue reading New York in someone else’s nutshell.

Please join me in supporting OpportunityNation!

Please join me in supporting OpportunityNation, a new campaign of Be the Change Inc. that will change the United States of America in three specific and important ways.First, OpportunityNation seeks to build a national dialogue on opportunity. They believe opportunity is a core American value, and that it desperately needs to be injected into the… Continue reading Please join me in supporting OpportunityNation!

Don’t miss Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera

Seriously, one of the coolest exhibits ever. It’s at the Brooklyn Museum now through April 10, so no excuses! It’s incredible to see how so many of his paintings are collages of several different study photographs, whereas others are almost exact replicas. One of my favorites was of a guy looking at a painting, and… Continue reading Don’t miss Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera

Blackcurrants: a short and crazy history lesson

Blackcurrants are native to Europe and Northern Asia, and are delicious berries. What’s crazy is that growing them was  outlawed in the US in the early 1900s because of white pine blister rust, which is bad for trees. The US government didn’t know the high antioxidant and high vitamin content at the time, and it… Continue reading Blackcurrants: a short and crazy history lesson